The Jew in the lotus : a poet's rediscovery of Jewish identity in Buddhist India / Rodger Kamenetz.

Contents 1. Sparks -- 2. Flames -- 3. Roadblocks -- 4. Heights -- 5. Blessings -- 6. Contact -- 7. The Angel of Tibet and the Angel of the Jews -- 8. Always Remind -- 9. Debating Monks and Angels -- 10. Shabbat Shalom and Tashe Delek -- 11. Jewish Buddhists, Buddhist Jews -- 12. JUBUs in America -- 13. Tibetan Intellectuals, Tibetan Orphans -- 14. An Interview with the Oracle -- 15. Secret Doors -- 16. Tantra and Kabbalah -- 17. Survival Strategies -- 18. One Last Question -- 19. A Buddhist Jew -- The Allen Ginsberg Story -- 20. A Synagogue in Delhi -- 21. Buddha's Jews -- 22. A Last Secret -- 23. In a Pool of Nectar.
Abstract Two stories: the outer story of the historic meeting in Dharamsala, India, between the Dalai Lama and eight rabbis and Jewish scholars, and the inner story of how Kamenetz explores and deepens his own understanding of Judaism through the "beginner's mind" of shared pilgrimage.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 291-297).
Issued in other formOnline version: Kamenetz, Rodger, 1950- Jew in the lotus. 1st ed. San Francisco, Calif. : HarperSanFrancisco, ©1994
LCCN 93034477
ISBN0060645768 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN9780060645762 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN0060645741 (pbk.)
ISBN9780060645748 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks BQ4610.J8 K36 1994 ✔ Available Place Hold